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Overview
Transforming Indigenous Archival Search, a collaborative Mellon-funded project, seeks a Project Manager to assist with planning, implementing, and managing logistical aspects of the project, including coordination of planning meetings, honoraria, trainings, and Indigenous evaluation sessions with a wide range of organizational and community stakeholders. The project is designed to collaboratively test and develop new scalable approaches to cultural-technical development workflows, standards, and controlled vocabularies that will enable aggregated Indigenous discovery and description. The Project Manager should have a good knowledge of online systems and platforms such as Google Suite and Zoom. Responsibilities
Coordinating, scheduling, and running meetings, trainings, and evaluation sessions with organizational, team, and community partners. Monitoring project Work Plan, Data Management Plan, and outcomes, including leading task tracking in project management systems or software such as Google Suite, Airtable, Base Camp, Trello, Click-up, etc. Collecting and stewarding primary source data (Zoom audio and video recordings) and associated transcripts from IDG, other SNAC stakeholder meetings, Advisory Board meetings, and Indigenous evaluation sessions; maintaining project Google Drive and internal documentation Overseeing ethical transfer of project final deliverables (such as training videos and controlled vocabulary documentation) to the Sustainable Heritage Network, SNAC website, UMD website, UMD DRUM repository, or other appropriate venues. Managing evaluation recruitment plan and dissemination, list-serves, and project communication, including project email; serving as initial point-of-contact for participants in Indigenous evaluation sessions Assist PI/Co-PIs creating milestones and/or benchmarks for the project, creating tasks that align with milestones, and assisting in creating outlines and/or timelines that measure and inform timely progress to ensure successful project outcomes. Communicating regularly with core UMD team as well as managing Advisory Board, SNAC leadership, University of Virginia, and SNAC working groups communications Coordinating SNAC and OpenRefine training set-up, including equipment and technology needs Preferences/Qualifications
Experience with project management, event-planning, or coordination Demonstrated success with working in project teams collaboratively, with multiple levels of staff, colleagues, and community constituencies Knowledge of Indigenous values or traditions, and/or experience working with Native American, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and/or Indigenous communities. Experience implementing virtual research and community projects Demonstrated commitment to values of openness, diversity, inclusion, innovation, and social justice Familiarity with core university digital systems and platforms such as Google Suite and Zoom.
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Transforming Indigenous Archival Search, a collaborative Mellon-funded project, seeks a Project Manager to assist with planning, implementing, and managing logistical aspects of the project, including coordination of planning meetings, honoraria, trainings, and Indigenous evaluation sessions with a wide range of organizational and community stakeholders. The project is designed to collaboratively test and develop new scalable approaches to cultural-technical development workflows, standards, and controlled vocabularies that will enable aggregated Indigenous discovery and description. The Project Manager should have a good knowledge of online systems and platforms such as Google Suite and Zoom. Responsibilities
Coordinating, scheduling, and running meetings, trainings, and evaluation sessions with organizational, team, and community partners. Monitoring project Work Plan, Data Management Plan, and outcomes, including leading task tracking in project management systems or software such as Google Suite, Airtable, Base Camp, Trello, Click-up, etc. Collecting and stewarding primary source data (Zoom audio and video recordings) and associated transcripts from IDG, other SNAC stakeholder meetings, Advisory Board meetings, and Indigenous evaluation sessions; maintaining project Google Drive and internal documentation Overseeing ethical transfer of project final deliverables (such as training videos and controlled vocabulary documentation) to the Sustainable Heritage Network, SNAC website, UMD website, UMD DRUM repository, or other appropriate venues. Managing evaluation recruitment plan and dissemination, list-serves, and project communication, including project email; serving as initial point-of-contact for participants in Indigenous evaluation sessions Assist PI/Co-PIs creating milestones and/or benchmarks for the project, creating tasks that align with milestones, and assisting in creating outlines and/or timelines that measure and inform timely progress to ensure successful project outcomes. Communicating regularly with core UMD team as well as managing Advisory Board, SNAC leadership, University of Virginia, and SNAC working groups communications Coordinating SNAC and OpenRefine training set-up, including equipment and technology needs Preferences/Qualifications
Experience with project management, event-planning, or coordination Demonstrated success with working in project teams collaboratively, with multiple levels of staff, colleagues, and community constituencies Knowledge of Indigenous values or traditions, and/or experience working with Native American, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and/or Indigenous communities. Experience implementing virtual research and community projects Demonstrated commitment to values of openness, diversity, inclusion, innovation, and social justice Familiarity with core university digital systems and platforms such as Google Suite and Zoom.
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